We're pleased to announce our Heart of Azeroth Essence calculator is now live, in preparation for 8.2 Rise of Azshara! With this tool, you can preview Essence combinations before you socket them in the Heart Forge, seeing what major and minor powers are unlocked as well as Essence sources.

The Heart of Azeroth system will undergo a massive revamp in Patch 8.2 Rise of Azshara, providing more customization through Essences and their Major and Minor powers. New Essence items can be socketed into the Heart of Azeroth that add talent-like Major and Minor powers, which will drop from a wide variety of content including PvP, Raids, and World Quests. Each Essence has a major active ability and minor passive effect, with the big central socket applying both bonuses of whatever Essence is socketed within it, and the smaller sockets only applying the minor bonus.

Each Essence has four tiers, ranging from Uncommon to Legendary, with higher-quality versions providing more effects. However, these better versions are from more-challenging content. You can see each Essence's source, as well as the exact benefits it provides, in the Calculator when you mouse over the major and minor circles.

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Commento di schmilblick

Commento di Daillemand

on 2019-05-04T07:20:46-05:00

Is it a similar system as relics in Legion?

Commento di Pyrite13

on 2019-05-04T07:50:12-05:00

Is it a similar system as relics in Legion?

Not really. You can swap the essences in and out as you like in any rested area the same way you do with class talents. Also, once you get an essence you don't lose it, you can only upgrade it. And, unlike the netherlight crucible system, the best benefits of an essence are available in the first trait slot instead of having to unlock all of them.

It's closer to a generic talent tree in which you acquire the talents from various in-game sources instead of strictly your character level.

Commento di Reyfa

on 2019-05-04T07:54:26-05:00

It would be better if they include a 5th rank wich is obtailable by paying activision 15$.

Commento di schmilblick

on 2019-05-04T08:21:48-05:00

It would be better if they include a 5th rank wich is obtailable by paying activision 15$.

You should stop giving activision 15$ every month then.

Commento di fh1988

on 2019-05-04T08:39:14-05:00

Is it a similar system as relics in Legion?

Not really. You can swap the essences in and out as you like in any rested area the same way you do with class talents. Also, once you get an essence you don't lose it, you can only upgrade it. And, unlike the netherlight crucible system, the best benefits of an essence are available in the first trait slot instead of having to unlock all of them.

It's closer to a generic talent tree in which you acquire the talents from various in-game sources instead of strictly your character level.

So its more like the second iteration of the Glyph System.

Commento di DarkAviator

on 2019-05-04T09:07:44-05:00

What do you mean with chose? You consult a guide, use the one(s) recommended, and you're done. :D

Commento di Controlado

on 2019-05-04T10:48:17-05:00

Isnt the system supposed to have some specific Azerite Powers for each class and spec?

Like each Warlock has one to boost soul shard generation (if I remember correctly) and other to boost the ''big cooldown'', like Demonic Tyrant.

Commento di perculia

on 2019-05-04T11:06:36-05:00

What do you mean with chose? You consult a guide, use the one(s) recommended, and you're done. :D

These will also be embeddable in guides, like our talent calc :)

Isnt the system supposed to have some specific Azerite Powers for each class and spec?

Like each Warlock has one to boost soul shard generation (if I remember correctly) and other to boost the ''big cooldown'', like Demonic Tyrant.

There are two, which are in the "available to all" category as everyone can pick them up. They require a bit more support to set up properly in tooltips, which we've noted at the end of the post, since we haven't handled spells with spec modifiers like this before.

Commento di SnakeHS

on 2019-05-05T09:43:46-05:00

I hate now you need to set up azerite on 3 items and its annoying. Now this seem more comfortable, azerites to be on neck. I like it.